How To Create a Pinterest Worthy Cheese Board

Thanks for joining Sarah and me for Meatless Monday today. Tis the season for entertaining! My new easy and delicious party staple is the amazing Cheese Board. Everyone loves to snack on them and they are easily customizable. With just a few minutes of prep, you can wow your guests with a Pinterest Worthy Cheese Board.

How To Create A Pinterest Worthy Cheese Board

Start out with a great canvas. I like to use a marble board like this one below however any large platter will do.

Add 4-6 types of cheese with varying textures (hard and soft) and tastes (mild and sharp). I always like to include a Brie because everyone loves Brie. Cheeses flavored with seasonal items like cranberries juxtaposed with a spicy flavored cheese wins over everyone.

Pile on all the crackers. I like to mix in some breadsticks for visual effect and a combo of square and round crackers. A blend of rice crackers and wheat crackers works well for those with any gluten free requirements.

Sweet and salty is a fabulous combination and all great cheese boards also have some sweet fruits such as grapes, apples or pears.

Now it’s time for a little crunch and texture. Mixed nuts, olives and snack mix are tasty additions that everyone loves to snack on. If you want to get a little daring, add some chocolate covered almonds or cashews as I did here. Really anything goes that you have in your pantry.

In just a few minutes time you have a Pinterest Worthy Cheese Board your family and friends will gobble up. Now all you need is some great red and white wine to pair with it but that’s a whole other post isn’t it?!

Tell me-are you hosting Thanksgiving, Christmas or Hanukkah this year? What are some of your go to appetizers to serve to friends and family?

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Hi I'm Deborah! I spend my days successfully raising a husband & 2 teens in the VA/DC area. I am a lover of all things running & fitness. As a life long vegetarian, I've always been passionate about healthy living & exercise. Looking for partners in crime, I started my own chapter of Moms Run This Town (MRTT) which has grown to over 700 members. I've met so many amazing women who inspire me daily to keep moving forward. You can usually find me running with my crew and training for the next crazy adventure they talked me into. I love to keep up to date on new running & fitness trends. I definitely choose my running gear based on color and love to express my fashion sense while exercising.

Pinterest-worthy, indeed! Your tray looks absolutely beautiful! We host BOTH Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (how on earth did that happen???) My husband is the cook in the family, but adding some snacks and trays like these will make things pop just a little more!

I love to add honey and some sort of jam/perserves/chutney to my cheese boards! I want to gobble up that brie – it truly is a crowd pleaser, yum!Heather recently posted…Weekly Wrap: October 30 – November 5

Beautiful!!
I’m not a big cheese person (which is good since my tummy doesn’t like it) except when it came to cheese platters and wine! The last few years since testing dairy in Ireland it’s the one time of year I give in and test my tummy with cheese platters and sometimes it goes better then others but is all has to do with the cheeses.
This year should be interesting with S’s new lactose and tummy issues and her love of cheese. I know there are many without lactose and ones aged longer are easier on the tummy but still not sure what we’ll do.

I love this! As mentioned in IG – my sister made one recently and it was the hit of the dinner! Such an easy, flavourful food! Love the step by step guide!Anna @ Piper’s Run recently posted…Treats, Run & Fire Weekly Wrap Up

I actually usually host all three holidays (we have a great variety of religions and traditions in our family). I always love new ways of presenting our favorite food!Jenn recently posted…weekly wrap: 10.29.17 – 11.4.17

This is absolutely beautiful! I am going to try this for Thanksgiving. We are doing Thanksgiving at my in-laws this year, and I never know what to bring. This is what you bring when you want to impress! This is not just pin-worthy, it’s drool-worthy, and frame-it-and-put-it-over-the-mantle-worthy…too far? Thanks for hosting this link up, I love it!

A good selection of cheese is definitely one of the easiest and most impressive appetizers you can set out. It’s a go-to for us. We have a wonderful local co-op, Puget Community Co-op, that has a great cheese selection. Some of our favorites: Dinah’s Cheese (local for us), Humboldt Fog, Cranberry Wensleydale. And you are right, gotta have the grapes!Mary recently posted…Vegan Broccoli Salad

Oh yum, I love a good cheese board! My favorites are sharp cheeses with fruits. Our holidays are low key this year as we’re exoecting baby #2 the week of thanksgiving, but there is always a drawer full of cheese in my fridge. 🙂Allyson Brandt recently posted…Thinking Ahead: Exercise Post Baby

Love me a good cheese board! I’m throwing a surprise birthday party this upcoming weekend and think I might need to create a fabulous cheese board for an appetizer. This year I’ll be closer to family, so our holiday plans will be super busy trying to fit in time with everyone!Nicole @ Foodie Loves Fitness recently posted…Autumn Fun in New England {Life Update}

I’m hosting Thanksgiving this year – I do every year as well as a post-race brunch on Thanksgiving morning.

Your cheese board is lovely and I’ve pinned it for later use. I make a large antipasto platter for our Thanksgiving appetizer. In addition to a couple of cheeses, I add Italian meats, deviled eggs, olives, roasted red peppers, marinated mushrooms, artichoke hearts, crackers, etc. It gets inhaled!Debbie @ Deb Runs recently posted…Catch Me If You Can And The Perfect Downward Facing Dog

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Successfully raising a husband & 2 teens in the VA/DC area. I am a lover of all things running & fitness. As a life long vegetarian, I’ve always been passionate about healthy living & exercise. Looking for partners in crime, I started my own chapter of Moms Run This Town (MRTT) which has grown to over 700 members. I’ve met so many amazing women who inspire me daily to keep moving forward. You can usually find me running with my crew and training for the next crazy adventure they talked me into.Read More…

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Hi I'm Deborah! I spend my days successfully raising a husband & 2 teens in the VA/DC area. I am a lover of all things running & fitness. As a life long vegetarian, I've always been passionate about healthy living & exercise. Looking for partners in crime, I started my own chapter of Moms Run This Town (MRTT) which has grown to over 700 members. I've met so many amazing women who inspire me daily to keep moving forward. You can usually find me running with my crew and training for the next crazy adventure they talked me into. Read More…

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